Plot
The magical inhabitants of a rainforest called FernGully fight to save their home that is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.
Release Year: 1992
Rating: 6.0/10 (10,371 voted)
Director:
Bill Kroyer
Stars: Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams
Storyline The fairy people of FernGully have never seen humans before, but when Christa sees one, Zak, she accidentally shrinks him down to her size. But there is trouble in FernGully, for Zak is part of a logging team who is there to cut down the forest.
Writers: Jim Cox, Diana Young
Cast: Tim Curry
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Hexxus
(voice)
Samantha Mathis
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Crysta
(voice)
Christian Slater
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Pips
(voice)
Jonathan Ward
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Zak Young
(voice)
Robin Williams
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Batty Koda
(voice)
Grace Zabriskie
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Magi Lune
(voice)
Geoffrey Blake
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Ralph
(voice)
Robert Pastorelli
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Tony
(voice)
Cheech Marin
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Stump
(voice)
Tommy Chong
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Root
(voice)
Tone Loc
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Goanna
(voice)
Townsend Coleman
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Knotty
(voice)
Brian Cummings
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Ock
(voice)
Kathleen Freeman
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Edler
(voice)
Janet Gilmore
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Fairy
(voice)
Taglines:
"Do you believe in humans?"
Release Date: 10 April 1992
Opening Weekend: AUD 4,462
(Australia)
(29 August 1992)
Gross: $24,650,296
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Originally supposed to be released in November 1991 but the release was delayed to avoid the competition with Disney's
Beauty and the Beast.
Goofs:
Continuity:
The window that Zack climbs through to get inside the leveler is shown to be halfway up from the inside but is rolled all the way down from the outside.
Quotes: Hexxus:
[to the leveler]
I do believe we are destined to be soul-mates!
User Review
Spellbinding
Rating: 10/10
One of my least favorite experiences is to find a movie I loved in my
single-digits, rewatch it in wonder, then wait half an hour (at most)
and finally concede that it was a real stinker. I may sentimentalize
movies from my youth, but not the ones that really don't deserve my
affection.
This one does.
Crysta, a simple, innocent, and at times flippant fairy, is an
imperfect but funny heroine, and as genuine as they come. Batty gives
Robin Williams another character perfectly suited to his talent -- I
watched this movie at a party with highschoolers and he went down great
(everyone liked the movie overall, but Batty stole my friends' hearts).
He has the genie sassy-but-kind vibe going, and it's hard not to think
of him as just as much a main character as Crysta (or more). Zach...
well, okay, Zach was unforgivably dumb for awhile, but it was
gratifying to see him finally get it. Magi Lune's character was
fascinating, a powerful sorceress with just a hint of weakness and
sadness (as when she admits of the coming darkness that she "cannot
heal it" and "cannot stop it"). She delivers sappy lines and instead of
losing the audience emotionally, they resonate deeply. I think this is
because the usual sentimentality and condescension you see in kids'
movie whenever there's a "message" is totally absent -- Magi speaks her
lines with total respect and love for Crysta. It is a deeply spiritual
moment.
The animation is beautiful, visual joy; the script is full of
entertaining flourishes, and Crysta's father is the most humorous
roly-poly befuddled dad since the Sultan in Aladdin. I'm a huge Tim
Curry fan, and he doesn't disappoint. But what makes this film stand
out for me is how it handles its message.
The entire film is built around it, but it doesn't seem heavy-handed at
all. As a kid, I was inspired by Crysta's comeback, and the idea of
there being "magic" in all of us. As a teenager, it reached me even
more: Crysta learns that, despite her youthful curiosity, real
understanding and real power can come when she applies herself, and
takes responsibility. In the beginning of the film, Crysta takes Magi
for granted (and not too seriously), and there is a hint of rowdy
teenager in the way she sneaks off to hang with a boy she likes. But
she comes to understand that Magi is not infallible, and will not
always be there to take care of her. She realizes that she loves Magi
even though the woman can't always make everything alright, and
eventually, Crysta learns that she, too, can take care of others. In
short, Crysta matures, and it is insightfully handled and beautiful and
affecting for me to watch. this, even more than the idea of
conservation, is its message: the inspiration to learn that others
cannot always help you, and that sometimes other people even *need* you
-- the rainforest is really just another charge, desperately in need of
help.
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